Sale 8512
New York, Park Avenue
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30 - 31 October 1996
The Property of THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM
Price realised
USD 9,775
Estimate
*A PAIR OF RÉGENCE STYLE ORMOLU TWO-LIGHT APPLIQUES Each cast as a young boy and young girl term figures holding foliate-cast scrolling arms with similar drip-pans and bobêches, drilled for electricity 17in. (43cm.) high (2)
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The design of these wall-lights is derived from a pair in the Louvre illustrated H. Ottomeyer/P. Pröschel et al, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I., p. 62, fig. 1.9.10.
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